Claim · #6495517
Phytoseiulus persimilis · biocontrol · Tetranychus urticae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Phytoseiulus persimilis Acari Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Mites 1968 L”
- Source
- The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake
- Authors
- van Lenteren J.C.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- BioControl
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytoseiulus persimilis preying on Tetranychus urticae is the canonical predator-prey biocontrol pair, commercialized since 1968.”
- entomologist · plausible
“P. persimilis is a specialist predator of T. urticae; commercial deployment timeline and scale match published records.”
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